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Public Buses U.S. Across Country Quietly Adding Microphones to Record Passenger Conversations
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 18713240:MV8yMDc3MjMwXzM0OTY4NzY2X0ZERDJGNkI4] you have to ask yourself why is their paranoia so extreme that they have to record everything, want surveillance everywhere? What are they so afraid of? [/quote]
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Transit authorities in cities across the country are quietly installing microphone-enabled surveillance systems on public buses that would give them the ability to record and store private conversations, according to documents obtained by a news outlet.
The systems are being installed in San Francisco, Baltimore, and other cities with funding from the Department of Homeland Security in some cases, according to the Daily, which obtained copies of contracts, procurement requests, specs and other documents. Read more [
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